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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

Louise Pound	Vice-President Ethnology and Folk-Lore Section
Gen. R. Chatburn	Vice-President Engineering Section

     The Nebraska academy of sciences was organized January 1, 1891, at Lincoln with the following charter members:

J. T. Armstrong	J. S. Dales	T. H. Marsland
Charles E. Bessey	Henry Duncanson	Roscoe Pound
Miss Rosa Bouton	E. T. Hartley	Wells H. Skinner
Lawrence Bruner	J. S. Kingsley	Andrew B. Stephens
Horace S. Clason	Rachel Lloyd	Goodwin D. Swezey
	A. S. Von Mansfelde

     The purposes of the organization were to promote investigation and fellowship, secure friendly criticism and exchange of thought, and aid in the spread of knowledge and interest in the various fields of scientific study. The society has held many of its annual meetings in Lincoln but recently the plan has been adopted to bold this meeting each alternate year in some one of the other educational centers of the state.

     Important papers and very valuable discussions upon scientific discoveries have been presented at each annual meeting of the academy. Publication of these papers and discussions has been attended with great difficulty. In 1897, an arrangement was made for publishing its proceedings and papers that year us part of a volume by the state historical society. During most of the time publication has been secured by use of the small fund received from annual dues of $1 each front the members and by personal donation. The legislatures of 1913, 1917 and 1919 included the printing of the bulletins of the academy in the appropriation for the legislative reference bureau.

     The present active membership of the society is about one hundred and seventy-five and includes many of the persons actively engaged in scientific research within the state. Original investigations in the Nebraska fields have been very largely conducted by members of this academy. Scientific surveys of the state designed to collect, organize and publish all available material in each field for the use of the general public have been carried on in the following subjects:

     Botanical survey, under the late Charles E. Bessey, E. M. Wilcox and R. J. Pool.

     Biological survey in various subdivisions, under F. D. Barker, R. H. Wolcott, Lawrence Bruner, J. H. Powers, and Myron H. Swenk.

     Ethnological survey, under Addison E. Sheldon, R. F. Glider, and Melvin R. Gilmore.

     Conservation and soil survey, under George E. Condra and N. A. Bengston.

     Geological survey, under E. H. Barbour and E. F. Schramm.

     In 1911 the work of the society was reorganized and divided into five sections, each one of which is presided over by a vice-president and holds a sectional meeting at the time of the annual meeting, viz.:
     Biology and medicine.
     Earth sciences.
     Engineering science.
     Ethnology and folk-lore.
     Physical and mathematical sciences.

     A prominent feature of the work of the academy has been the scientific field excursions which are conducted at the time of the annual meeting with the aim of studying some of the principal features of the natural resources or the state.

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

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TEMPORARY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Nebraska-Iowa Boundary Commission.

     John W. Cooper.
     H. H. Lapidus.
     Louis Berka.

     From time to time the legislature has created temporary commissions to adjust the Missouri river boundary with neighboring states.

APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEBRASKA-IOWA BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

Year	Amount
1917-19	$300.00
1919-21	300.00
Total	$600.00

ASSOCIATIONS RECEIVING APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE STATE.

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

	Salary
Secretary--E. R. Danielson	$4,200
Assistant Secretary--Mrs. Eunice K. Barton	1,800

HISTORY.

     A bill creating a territorial board of agriculture was introduced by Robert W. Furnas, and signed by Governor Richardson on October 14, 1858. This board is a body corporate, with perpetual succession. The first territorial fair was held in Nebraska City, September 21-23, 1859. This fair was not a financial success, ad the enthusiasm of the board diminished. Another fair was held at Nebraska City, October 7-9, 1869. An act of February 13, 1879, prescribed the duties of the board, and provided for the state fair.

     The state owns the 181 acres of land on which the fair is held, and the activities of the department are paid out of the proceeds of the fair.

DUTIES AND POWERS.

The board is required to
     1. Meet and deliberate on the agricultural prospects and interests of the state.
     2. Make and publish an annual report.
     3. Manage the state fair.

PUBLICATIONS.

     Annual report.
     Premium list.
     Official catalog.

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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS, BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 1867-1921.

Years	Support of Board	Printing Reports	Deficiency	Grounds and Buildings for State Fair	Total Appropriations	Receipts from State Fair	Total Appropriations and Receipts
1867-68	$600	......	......	......	$600	1$512.00	#1,112.00
1869-70	600	......	......	......	600	2,488.53	3,088.53
1871-72	2,000	......	......	......	2,000	6,721.30	8,721.30
1873-74	8,000	$3,000.00	......	......	11,000	24,921.14	15,921.14
1815-76	2,000	......	$3,500.00	......	5,500	10,457,99	15,957.99
1877-78	2,250	......	......	......	2,250	12,861.00	15,111.00
1879-81	4,000	1,000.00	......	......	5,000	20,320.03	25,320.03
1881-83	2,000	......	2,000.00	......	4,000	No record	4,000.00
1883-85	4,000	......	......	......	4,000	31,456.80	35,456.80
1885-87	4,000	800.00	......	......	4,800	60,423.06	65,223.06
1887-89	4,000	......	......	......	4,000	64,212.41	68,212.41
1889-91	4,000	......	......	......	4,000	71,586.63	75,586.63
1891-93	4,000	......	......	......	4,000	80,227.27	84,227.27
1893-95	4,000	......	......	......	4,000	50,864.47	54,864.47
1895-97	4,000	1,500.00	......	......	5,500	90,735.66	96,235.66
1897-99	2,000	......	......	......	2,000	329,073.36	31,073.36
1999-01	2,000	......	......	......	2,000	26,955.83	28,955.83
1901-03	6,000	......	......	$35,000	41,000	57,841.95	98,841.95
1903-05	6,000	......	......	3,000	9,000	78,694.97	87,694.97
1905-07	6,000	......	......	10,000	16,000	102,296.18	118,296.18
1907-09	4,000	......	......	20,000	24,000	134,372.08	158,372.08
1909-11	4,000	......	......	50,000	54,000	120,778.66	174,778.66
1911-13	4,000	......	......	15,000	19,000	195,658.06	214,658.06
1913-15	4,000	......	......	108,000	112,000	148,409.49	260,409.49
1915-17	4,000	......	......	7,500	11,500	205,460.07	216,960.07
1917-19	4,000	......	......	80,000	84,000	287,767.12	236,952.85
1919-21	11,000	......	......	71,500	82,500	4205,501.85	370,501.85
Totals	$106,450	$6,300.00	$5,500.00	$400,000	$518,250	$1,965,783.64	$2,566,533.64

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     ¹This amount for year1868. No report for 1867 or earlier years.
     ²This amount for 1873.
     ³No state fair held 1898 or 1899 because the Trans-Mississippi and Greater America exposition at Omaha.
     ⁴This amount for the year 1919.

NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1920

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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

     President--E. H. Smith, York.

	Salary
Secretary-Val Keyser, Nebraska City	$1,000

     The Nebraska state horticultural society was organized on the state fair grounds at Nebraska City, September 29, 1869. Appropriation was made by the legislature of 1872 and each subsequent legislature to aid this society in its work.

     The society was recognized by a statute approved February 25, 1879. Slight amendments have been made. The officers are elected at the annual meeting, which is held for the purpose of deliberating and consulting as to the wants and conditions and prospects of the horticultural interests of the state.

     It is the duty of the society to encourage the organization of district and county societies and give them representation therein, and to further the fruit and tree growing interests of the state.

     The secretary is required to make an annual report to the governor. This report contains the proceedings of the annual meeting.

PUBLICATIONS.

     Annual report.
     Nebraska horticulture, a monthly bulletin.

APPROPRIATIONS, HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1871-1921.

Years	To Encourage Development of Horticultural Resources	Printing Reports	Total
1871-72	$2,000.00	......	$2,000.00
1873-74	4,000.00	......	4,000.00
1879-81	2,000.00	$1,000.00	3,000.00
1881-83	2,000.00	......	2,000.00
1883-85	2,000.00	......	2,000.00
1885-87	2,000.00	......	2,000.00
1887-89	2,000.00	......	2,000.00
1889-91	4,000.00	......	4,000.00
1891-93	4,000.00	1,500.00	5,500.00
1843-95	2,000.00	600.00	2,600.00
1806-97	2,000.00	1,000.00	3,000.00
1897-99	2,000.00	......	2,000.00
1899-01	2,500.00	......	2,500.00
1901-03	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1903-06	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1905-07	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1907-09	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1909-11	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1911-13	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1913-15	5,000.00	......	5,000.00
1915-17	5,500.00	......	5,500.00
1917-19	6,000.00	......	6,000.00
1919-21	6,000.00	......	6,000.00
Totals	$85,000.00	$4,100.00	$89,100.00

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